Marginella aequinoctialis

Marginella aequinoctialis
Shell of Marginella aequinoctialis (holotype at MNHN, Paris)
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Caenogastropoda
Order:	Neogastropoda
Family:	Marginellidae
Genus:	Marginella
Species:	M. aequinoctialis
Binomial name
Marginella aequinoctialis Boyer & Simbille, 2004 [1]

Marginella aequinoctialis is a species of sea snail, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Marginellidae, the margin snails. ^[2]

This species has not, so far (2017) been formally reassigned to Glabella Swainson, 1840 but belongs there as being a sibling species of Glabella bellii (G.B. Sowerby II, 1846). ^[2]

Description

The length of the shell attains 10.9 mm.

Distribution

This species occurs in the Atlantic Ocean off Gabon at a depth of 25 m.

References

1. Boyer & Simbille. 2004. Bollettino Malacologico 40(5–8) : 80-87. World Register of Marine Species, Retrieved 24 April 2010.
2. Marginella aequinoctialis Boyer & Simbille, 2004 . Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species  on 24 April 2010.

• Boyer F. & Simbille C., 2004. A propos d'une espèce jumelle de Marginella bellii Sowerby, 1846. Bollettino Malacologico, 40 (5-8): 80-87